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Originally posted by TankGirl
The author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was a geek's geek. As soon as the news began to spread that author Douglas Adams had died Friday from a sudden heart attack at age 49, tributes to the science fiction humorist began to blossom all across the Internet. There has always been a strong correlation between computer geekdom and science fiction, so it's not that big of a surprise that Adams would be remembered fondly online. The Net will miss him.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/15/douglas_adams/index.html
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I hated that movie...but heard the book was real good...I'll have to check into it
...one of my friends loved the book and I don't think he knows about the author being dead, I'll have to break the sad news to him
Also I just saw this announcement on yahoo....here's another important news event for Tuesday May 15.
<b>ICANN Approves New Internet Suffixes</b>
The Internet's governing body approved plans on Tuesday to make two new Internet suffixes available, giving Web site owners an alternative to the crowded ''.com'' top-level domain space.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/2001...domain_dc.html